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Compelling, poignant, enlightening stories from former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell about growing up in Maine, his years in the Senate, working to bring peace to Northern Ireland and the Middle East, and what he's learned about the art of negotiation during every stage of his life.It's a classic story of the American Dream. George Mitchell grew up in a working class family in Maine, experiencing firsthand the demoralizing effects of unemployment when his father was laid off from a lifelong job. But education was always a household priority, and Mitchell embraced every opportunity that came his way, eventually becoming the ranking Democrat in the Senate during the administrations of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Told with wit, frankness, and a style all his own, Senator Mitchell's memoir reveals many insights into the art of negotiation. Mitchell looks back at his adventures in law and politics - including instrumental work on clean air and water legislation, the Iran-Contra hearings, and healthcare reform - as well as life after the Senate, from leading the successful Northern Ireland peace process, to serving as chairman of The Walt Disney Company, to heading investigations into the use of steroids in baseball and unethical activity surrounding the Olympic Games. Through it all, Senator Mitchell's incredible stories - some hilarious, others tragic, all revealing - offer invaluable insights into critical moments in the last half-century of business, law, and politics, both domestic and international.



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George Mitchell

George Mitchell lived for most of his life in Atlanta, Georgia. Mitchell is the author of nine documentary books with photographs, his most recent hardback being MISSISSIPPI HILL COUNTRY BLUES 1967. He considers his major work to be his recently published ebook, RONDA: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF A SOUTHERN STREET PROSTITUTE, Volumes One and Two, which, during his summer breaks and his spare time, he spent 33 years writing. (Anyone who would like to ask him a question about this book after reading both volumes may contact him via Facebook: George Mitchell in Fort Myers, Florida.) He has worked as a newspaper reporter and editor, a counselor and street-worker stationed in Atlanta's hippie district, a folklorist specializing in recording blues musicians for record albums, and as a high school photography teacher.He now lives in his infant-hood home of Fort Myers, Florida, with his wife, Cathy.PONCE DE LEON, on Atlanta's local bestseller list for two years, was made into a hit play in Atlanta.I'M SOMEBODY IMPORTANT received a Books of Brotherhood Award from the National Council of Christians and Jews.



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